I BOUGHT THIS CD AS I DO LIKE THE PET SHOP BOYS AND AM CORRENTLY TRYING TO COLLECT ALL THERE ALBUMS, BUT WHAT MUST BE SAID ABOUT THIS PERTICULAR ALBUM IS THAT IT WAS A PERIOD OF CHANGING TIME FOR THE BAND I THINK, COMING OUT OF THE EARLY EXCITEMENT OF THE EIGHTIES, AND EVOLVING INTO SOMTHING THAT AM NOT SURE EVEN THEY KNEW YET OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE, ITS A VERY DARK TIME FOR THEM BUT IN A POSATIVE WAY, THEY SEEMED TO BE TRYING TO EXPLORE NEW AREA`S IN MUSIC BUT WERE STILL CLUELESS TO WHERE THERE HEARTS WERE TAKING THEM, STILL THERE ARE SOME GOOD TRACKS HERE LIKE "JEALOUSY" "SO HARD" AND "BEING BORING", VERY ARTY IN THERE OWN WAY, JUST THE BEGINNING OF A FANTASTIC NEW TURN IN THERE MUSIC, IF YOU A HARD CORE FAN THEN THIS IS A MUST BUY, IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME IN THERE MUSICAL HISTORY THAT YOU CANT MISS OUT ON.